The Earth's rate of rotation is slowing at a rate of about 17 milliseconds a century. The length of a day for the dinosaurs was closer to 22 hours
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On Saturn's moon Titan, gravity is so low and the atmosphere is so thick that humans could fly by flapping arms like wings
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Windy planet
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Star creation
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There is a black hole at the center of most galaxies
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A single day on Venus is longer than an entire year on Earth
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Light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach Earth, so you see the sun as it was 8 minutes ago
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